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MICHIGAN. 



the city. When near Buena Vista he encoun- 

 tered five hundred Government infantry mov- 

 ing to the assistance of Cespada. Martinez 

 cut off the wagons from the main body and 

 charged the Government troops twice. The 

 latter formed in hollow square, and repulsed 

 him, killing many of his men and wounding 

 him. Escobedo, who is an enemy of Trevino, 

 remained faithful to the Government, and pre- 

 vented the insurrectionists from penetrating 

 to the interior. Cortina' s forces were sup- 

 porting Juarez in front of Naranjo. Canales 

 was remaining quiet at Victoria, waiting the 

 issue of events. Although the inhabitants 

 of many smaller cities of Nuevo Leon pro- 

 nounced against General Trevino, the latter, 

 on December 2d, took Saltillo, which the 

 Government troops had defended with great 

 bravery. 



While the insurgents were gaining a firm 

 footing in Northern Mexico, several of the 

 Western States pronounced against the na- 

 tional Government under the leadership of 

 General Porfirio Diaz. At the close of Octo- 

 ber, and in the beginning of November, pro- 

 nunciamientos were made in the States of 

 Oaxaca, Aguascalientes, Durango, Zacatecas, 

 and Coahuila. The city of Mazatlan also de- 

 clared in favor of Diaz for the presidency, 

 and expelled the Federal officers, who had to 

 take refuge on board of an American gunboat. 

 The revolutionists claimed to be acting in the 

 name of the party of progress, and installed 

 Mateo Mazana as Governor of Sinaloa, who 

 issued a proclamation reducing the export 

 duty on Mexican dollars from eight to four 

 per cent., on bullion to five per cent., and 

 abolished light-house duties altogether. The 

 garrison of Guaymas, in Sonora, revolted on 

 November 20th, killing their commander, and 

 declaring for Diaz. After levying heavy con- 

 tributions on the merchants, they embarked 

 on board two small vessels for Altata, ex- 

 pecting to capture that place without trouble. 

 But Governor Pasquera, of Sonora, raised 

 troops immediately, reoccupied Guaymas, and 

 dispatched a force down the coast in pursuit 

 of the revolutionists. General Porfirio Diaz, 

 who even for some time after pronunciamientos 

 in his favor had been made, observed a pro- 

 found silence as to his own intentions, pub- 

 lished in November a manifesto, in which he 

 undertook to justify his pronunciamiento, and 

 to explain his plan for reconstructing the Gov- 

 ernment. 



On December 1st, President Juarez opened 

 the new session of Congress, with a speech on 

 the situation. He said the country appeared 

 to be consuming itself in unfruitful struggles, 

 and that the military element again opposed 

 the standard of legality, bringing back the 

 time when a revolution signified the change 

 of individuals in power. He counted upon 

 the aid of Congress to suppress the seditious 

 movement. The Speaker of Congress replied 

 that Congress hoped that peace would soon be 



reestablished, and that the republic was satis- 

 fied with the reelection of Juarez, excepting 

 the States of Nuevo Leon and Oaxaca, and the 

 bandits who were robbing the conductas. 



At the close of December, 1871, anarchy 

 continued in many of the States, and business 

 of all kinds was prostrated. The rebels had 

 control of the whole or of part of the States 

 of Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, 

 Oaxaca, and several others, but they were 

 making no progress. San ^uis Potosi had been 

 declared in a state of siege. The Legislature 

 protested against it, and the Governor aban- 

 doned the capital. General Porfirio Diaz had 

 made the circuit of the State of La Puebla, 

 Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, and Mexico, with fifteen 

 hundred men. In a skirmish he had taken 

 five hundred prisoners, and he was now pur- 

 sued by General Rocha. The Government 

 was still confident of an early triumph, but 

 at the capital the idea of a protectorate of the 

 United States, or of annexation to the United 

 States, was freely discussed, and found many 

 adherents. 



MICHIGAN. The only State election for 

 the year was for Justice of the Supreme Court, 

 and Eegents of the University. The result for 

 Justice was as follows : 



James V. Campbell, Republican 



D. Darwin Hughes. Democrat 74,740 



Albert Williams, Temperance 1,717 



Republican plurality 18,529 



Charles Kynd and Claudius B. Grant were 

 chosen Eegents of the University by nearly 

 the same vote. 



In new circuits, John Moore, Theophilus C. 

 Grier, and Birney Hoyt, were also elected 

 Circuit Judges. 



The resume of fiscal operations, as given be- 

 low, is for the ten months ending September 

 30, 1871, that day being, by an act of the 

 Legislature of 1871, fixed as the time of closing 

 the fiscal year, in place of November 30th, as 

 prior to that date : 

 The gross receipts of the State Treasury for 

 the ten months ending September 30, 



1871, were $1,510,17883 



In this amount is included the 

 income of swamp-lands ex- 

 pended during the ten months 

 in the const ruction of swamp- 

 land State roads, amounting, 



in land-warrants, to $244,418 53 



Also a transfer to the War Fund 



of 7,000 00 



251,418 53 



Showing cash receipts of $1,258,760 30 



Of rte cash receipts, the amount paid into 

 Ibe State Treasury in trust, and which 

 formed no part of the State revenue, 

 >va8 213,099 18 



Leaving, for eeneral revenue cash receipts. $1,045,601 12 

 Add the balance ia Treasury, November 30, 

 1870 458,307 97 



And there appears, as the amount avail- 

 able for general purposes during the ten 

 months f I,503,9b9 



The general revenue cash receipts for the 

 ten months were, as stated above 11,045,661 12 



And were from the sources and of the 

 amounts as follows : 



